The Small Amount of Water and a Town Three Kilometers Away
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the water I have with me is a small amount, if the water I have with me is not enough to perform wudu' with, but there is a town about three kilometers away, is it permissible for me to perform tayammum, and is there a specific distance to determine that it is permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory to seek water within a journey and within a close distance. Three kilometers is close; you can walk that distance. It is close. It is obligatory, they say, to seek water within a journey and within a close distance, and to exert oneself in the means. Yes.
The presenter:
O long-lived one.
The Shaykh:
The car, praise be to Allah, is fast. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the water I have with me is a small amount, if the water I have with me is not enough to perform wudu' with, but there is a town about three kilometers away, is it permissible for me to perform tayammum, and is there a specific distance to determine that it is permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory to seek water within a journey and within a close distance. Three kilometers is close; you can walk that distance. It is close. It is obligatory, they say, to seek water within a journey and within a close distance, and to exert oneself in the means. Yes.
The presenter:
O long-lived one.
The Shaykh:
The car, praise be to Allah, is fast. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الدخول في الماء بغير إزار — islamhouse.com (1:01:06)
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